creme fraiche

These Medjool Date and Orange Scones are soft, buttery and full of autumn spices. There is tang from the orange, sweetness from the medjool dates and a crunchy top of glistening sugar. You’ll definitely want one of these with your morning cup of coffee!

A friend recently confessed to me that his usual breakfast consisted of a salad…after maybe ten seconds of silence waiting for the punch line, I realized he was serious! He reasoned that he hates vegetables, so why not get it out of the way during breakfast so he could eat whatever else he wanted the rest of…

Why did the little boy eat yeast and shoe polish before going to bed? So he could rise and shine in the morning! Ha ha! If it were only that easy! I’m relaunching The Worktop today with a focus on breakfast and brunch foods. Yum! Every morning, the thought of breakfast and coffee is what gets…

I could happily spend every weekend at a farmers market. Any farmers market, any city, any time. In Chicago, my love was Green City Market. I’d be there almost every weekend – even in the winters, when the market had to be moved indoors to a nature museum, I’d go just to satisfy my craving…

I gave the secret away in the title. The secret ingredient in this roasted potato salad is crème fraîche. This French cream is the cook’s ultimate friend in the family of creams. It’s incredibly versatile with its smooth and tangy flavor. The Larousse Gastronomique defines crème fraîche as a thickened cream that has a “slightly…